ccastkv@gitpyr.UUCP (KEITH VAGLIENTI) (01/14/86)
My advice on mixing technologies in AD&D is don't. There exist several
other systems that lend themselves to this sort of thing much more
easily. I'd reccommend one of the following systems; Lords of Creation from
Avalon Hill, the Hero System from Hero Games (Champions, Justice, Inc.,
Danger International, and Fantasy Hero), and the I.C.E. Law systems.
If you are going to mix techonologies using AD&D then treat technological
items as special magic items. Blaster pistols are a variant on wand of
lightning, defense/force shields are pseudo-cubes of force, and so on. The
most important thing to remember is that unlike their magical counterparts
anyone can use them. The other important thing is that these items require
energy to work, energy which won't be available to the characters unless
they brought along a portable power plant or somesuch. If not, well, everything
works great until...
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Keith Conrad Vaglienti
Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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In article <1255@gitpyr.UUCP> ccastkv@gitpyr.UUCP (KEITH VAGLIENTI) writes: >My advice on mixing technologies in AD&D is don't. I tend to agree when it's in the large quantities that we seem to be discussing currently. In small quantities, however, it can be fun! When running through a "novelty" dungeon (the same one with the tesseract room), we defeated (with several casualties) a group of goblins straight out of WWII. (What? You didn't hear about any goblins in WWII?) Along with the usual spoils, one of the party got a machine gun. It was fun using the thing to soften up oncoming baddies. However, it had a limited amount of ammunition, and a fireball was a much more effective weapon. Also, the wielder of the gun was chagrined when he was only able to sell it for 2 copper pieces to the local historian. - Joel ({allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster)